Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 64

8 @——* ENRY AND SMITH ~ TODRIVETO COAST A. A. A. Heads Plan to Make 3,200 Miles to San Fran- cisco in Seven Days. With a view to obtaining firs(-h:\nd’ information on highws between Washington and the Pacific Coast and establishing a minimum time for tran continental travel, Thomas P. Henr president, and Ernest mith, gen- eral manager, of the American Auto mobile Association, will start n a 3,200-mile tour today to San Francisco. Starting from the Zero Milestone, | the A. A. A. executives propose to| cover the distance within seven days, driving 22 hours day and averaging from 16 to 26 miles an hour, driving time. Contrary to the accepted meth- | z. the trip will be made in | each driver taking turns| t the wheel and alternating between | lods of sleep in the Pullman ac-| commodations. They must average | 50 miles a day in order to reach San | o in the time proposed, Sep- | 6. Mr. Henry will carry a| from President Coolidge to | the Governor of California in connec- tion with that State’s diamond jubilee celebration of its entry into the Union. Many Issues to Be Studied. Conditions of roads, the amount of paved highways, uniformity of traffic laws in various States, markings of highways, direction, information :\nd{‘ caution signs and other matters per- taining to highway travel will be ol do - | the other drives. The mattress is shown in position ready for the bed THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. AUGUST 30, READY FOR -DAY TRIP FROM CAPITAL TO PACIFIC COAST Interior view of the Cadil car in which A. A, A, executives will attempt a cross-country tour in six days. To this will necessitate almost continuous driving, hence arrangements have been made for one man to sleep while g. served closely by the A A. A. officials | — for the benefit of other motorists who contemplate transcontinental travel by motor. Business and civic organizations of in Francisco are sponsoring the run uding the Chamber of Commerce, i California State Automobile Asso ciatton, the diamond jubilee committee, the California State Highway Associa- tion and the California, Utah and Ne vada Highway Association. | ¥ | | sat sto) is The schedule of the run is as fol-|ing Will be the rule rather than the ex- lows: First d: dianapolis, 576 Washington to In- | CeP Nebr. , 455 or 530 | ha mil or Blg Spring to Rock Springs, Wyo., | & 516 or 442 miles; fifth day, Rock | )rings to Elko, or Big Spring, Neb and proposed run, son wh night t | adequate touring information the day | highway i1és; second day, In. congestion. We tntend to so plan our dianapolis to Des Moines, 556 miles; |trip that at no time will it be nece third day, Des Moines to North Platte, |to speed unduly or to undergo fourth day, from North Platte | One of the big needs of motordom to . 457 miles; sixth |and development of a transcontinental e, somine seets ot| PLANT TO TEST ROADS. moter travel, of the increasing com- rips are well planned,” |mercial use of the highways and of | ——— in commenting on the |national defense. With this in mind, | Connecticnt Gets Laboratory to Try here is no more rea-|the principal message we carry to the | automobiles should stop at|West is.the importance of every in- Out Materials n that railroad trains should | terest working in co-operation to se- d With better marked roads and|cure the completion of the Federal aid The Connecticut State highway de. { partment will test road-building mate. rials in new State laboratory at program. New Brakes Dep:ndable. | Portland. An appropriation of $25,000 | was authorized by the General Assgm- A ar W st-class fo Wi : »‘k Byt “‘“]‘ (Sear ol 2 2‘“"1 n”lib' to establish and equip the plant. ny ”, l»,r_\fnu ‘f s‘lov :4;1:« ‘P-\ ‘_:f;:':.' The laboratory will be used to test he last few feet of stop. re | e e |is no sudden jolt when the brakes are | $and. steel, concrete specimens and | first applied. but this should not be | other materials used in highway con- | taken as an indlcation that the car |struction to see that they meet spec avold an ac- | fications required by the State for its | contracts. seventh San ancisco, “If_moto d Mr. Henr: day, Truckee to meet miles, quately D. not far distant when night travel 5 pfion. This is one way of releving | rdship. To learn how to travel We are interested in the completion MOTORGYCLE STARS T0 RACE AT LALREL Forty of Werld’s Fastest Riders to Compete for Purse of $5,000. Forty of the world's fastest motor cycle race riders will compete for national championship honors and a $5,000 purse at the new -Baltimore- Washington Speedway, near Laurel, Md., Labor day. This will be the first appearance of the two-wheel mounts n the famous track, where Pe Paolo, Bob McDonogh, Har Ralph De Palma and others pion automobile pilots, made motor racing ' history last July. Speedway officials already are contemplating making the motor cycle races an gn- nual event, it is stated. With Johnny Sevmour, Jim Joe Petrali, Eddie Brinck, Johnny Kriege Bill Minnick, Bob Sarkegian, Fredericks and a score of other equal!ly well known in the two mount field, scheduled to appear, the forthcoming classic promises to be one of the most thrilling vet aged in the history of or cycle racing. The program includes the following races for motor cycles of 61 cubic inches piston displacement: Five mile open single, § 10 mile class B, 10 mile single national championship, $350; 25 mile open sin. gle national championship, $650, and 50 mile oy national champion- ship, $1.1 Every rider entered for any of the races will receive a mini- mum guarante Pavi banked will be the highly side cars track. Racing experts inaugural classic last | Laurel track the On turns—43 barred on thi who viewed the July proclaimed the | most ' speatacular in the world, the ars being required to maintain | speed well over 100 miles an hour to stick to the steep curves. This speed- way embodies the late: engineering principles of track construction, and is |banked higher than any other track ever constructed. Anticipating rger than that which attended the in- augural automobile race, speedway officials are improving the roads lead- ing to the bowl and making detailed arrangements for handling the heavy traff The speedway is situated about two miles south of Laurel and a half mile st of the Washington boulevard. The races are scheduied for crowd even MINUTE MESSAGES FOR MOTORIST! “ENJOY IT—YOU PAY FOR IT.” the public information committee of Automotive Trade Association.) (Prepared by the Washington It is all very well to pretend you are getting along without spending any money for repairs on your car, but it isn’t very businesslike. You've spent a lot of money on repairs if you have to take a big depreciation on the car when you trade it in, even though you pride yourself on not having a single repair bill on file. You spend a lot of money on repairs if you are getting poor results from the car, even though you have never been near a repair shop. It is sometimes well to remember that the man who is discovered at the repair shop now and again may be a firm believer in prevention. It s true that you may get by in the long run just as well as he does— speaking in terms of dollars and cents—but think of all the comfort you miss in the meantime. ome cap owners manage to run 10,000, 12,000 or 15,000 miles before they are obliged to have the valves ground. Then they need all new valves, rebored valve seats, new valve guides—a real job, in other words. The cost may not exceed what it would have cost them to have had the car serviced regularly, but the last 5,000 or 10,000 miles of use of the car were not what they should have been considering the initial cost of the car and the gasoline used. So far as the experts know there is no record of any one operating a car without paying for the repair work necessitated by wear and tear. Some pay as they go. Others pay in a lump sum, as “depreciation Only by paying as you go can you enjoy the repair work that you buy. FEW CAR DRIVERS KNOW HOW TO OPERATE ENGINEEJE"';'u-’fifwl Vel b the car to “buci 1s in accel after turning a cor: slowl h gear. It s in the univ nd other expensive ailments i It can be ated by set control above the when t is being |of carburetor develop a “break” in Il others s j in between. High-speed en-| habitua s are usually designed with the |ting the of permitting s to climb ma- | idling pos jority of steep hills in high gear and {used in tr to furnish flash acceleration without| The ave resorting to a lower gear, vet thou- | derstood by sands of drivers with this type of|that is not ngine will continue to d back | declare that th into “second,” or perhaps try to m | their engine’. nning or not ‘It these engines deliver high car speed.|runs so quietly,” they explain. Yet The reverse is true of the typical low-{all they have to do is look at the speed engine. Driver em at | ammeter! low speed in high g nd overlook | It is a the advantages of usin the engi sit at the ability as an aid in hill climb- | run the engine like a stationar plant. Control it. Master it see what a difference it m 1ge engine is so le un- the people who drive it unusual to hear people vy don’t kna whethe good plan now and : heel with the cz in to still and power Then cannot tap authe ikes in your information in ffort to know what sort of engine he has acquired, he can at least learn to get best results from it by study its characteristics. Many equipped with a certai tative Fans Troublesome Now. This is like to labor in and the gates will open at 1 o'clock. | going. You think t The motor cycle races will be held | but the chances are 10 to 1 that the with the sanction and under the rules | fan bearing is dry, or that, in forget of the American Motor Cycle Associa- | ting to lubricate it proper tion ling is damaged ke e of year you n to keep the e beit is slippin; are { the flow of gas mixture around a car | . the lr(—ar.‘ MOTORS OUT OF YSE ECONOMIC MISTAKE Packard President Views Held in Garage as Waste of Dollars, Cars Condemning the car that rem rage all week as an econor waste, ¢ ican, president of the | Packard on’ Motor Car Co | urges car owners to regard their It | chines as investments which must | bear interest day in and day out. | Mr. Coolican compares the st | car with uninvested money, declari that a car that Is not normally |1s like idle dollars carried in t | Pogketbook when they are not needed | ns “If more people would consider their '8 as 80 many thousands of dollar: | rather than as attractive pleces o | mechanism and coachwork he s | “there would be a closer parallel be twsen transportation eld and invest ment yield The ged car is | economic waste, because it is just ny dollars lying idle. ‘If the Nation’s mo! viewed as dollars rather than as a | ticles of pl and utilit th would be a change in | whole scheme of motoring, and the nge would redound to the adva d utility The aver man thinks more of 500-do than he does o© A 000-dollar ca ] is very careful n to lose the che but he doesn't seem to mind whett { the car is loc allowed to s cars were re | | lose it. knows that he is minute he allo | His car, howeve can remair in the z ou oWing ¢ FOR ALL WHEELS Rundlett Rim Co. | 1336 14th St. N.W. day, Elko to Truckee, Calif., 360 miles, highw th BREAKFAST IN WASHINGTON Lunch at Delaware Water Gap 243 Miles—7 Hours 30 Minutes “50 Is Surely Like 15 in Our Hupmobile 8 Sedan” system of CHANDLER N \—.; ‘ “I've owned 8 cars but this is easily the finest!” A wonderful way to judge and appreciate the new 1926 Chandler is by contrast. Compare it with all the cars you have ever owned in the way it performs—and note the contrast! Compare it on any basis with any present- day car—and note the contrast! Observe the beautiful body lines of the 1926 Chandler, its richness of finish, its style. Try out its marvelous Pikes Peak Motor on the longest, steepest hills you can find. Try it out in traffic. Throttle it away down. Step on it. Shift gears. Apply the brakes. .. You'll discover, as others discover, that you have never known a car to be so thoroughly and completely delightful. P. S.—Small payments on long-time terms. This 8-Cylinder Sedan, Equipped, Delivered for $2,395—That's Less Than Most Sixes The most-talked-of car in the country gives a degree of performance which eclipses all claimants for comparison “After an early breakfast we left home at 10 minutes past 5 and arrived at Dela- ware Water Gap in time for lunch or, to be specific, at 20 minutes to 1. That’s just 7 hours and 30 minutes for the 243 miles and we did not make any effort to establish any speed records, simply bowled along. We are delighted with the car.” The Hupmobile Eight cannot fail to please the most discriminating. _But to appreciate these things you must see the car and drive it. = Then, and only then, will you understand that Hupmobile has turned a new page in motor car history. A phone call to Columbia 5050 will bring the model in which you are particularly interested to your door. All models, both Eights and Fours, on display at our con- venient and attractive showroom at Cham- plain Street at Kalorama Road. along we are receiving letters and post- cards most every day from some owner who is spending at least a portion. of his vacation behind the wheel of his car. For many of them it is the first real opportunity that they have had to prove to themselves just what the automobile is capable of under all sorts of road conditions. The owner, a part of whose letter is quoted below, probably best expresses it when he says “50 surely is like 15.” In part, his letter is as follows: Neither words nor pictures can give you the remotest conception of what to expect when you sit behind the wheel of a Hup- mobile Eight. You must be prepared for standards of performance and roadability heretofore associated only with the highest- priced and heaviest cars. And this where Hupmobile excels, for it does every- thing and more than other cars, so easily, so buoyantly and so free from the slightest feeling of effort. In unison with speed far beyond your needs, pick-up that fairly takes your breath away and pulling power that sends you over the road in high gear regardless of contours or traffic speed, you enjoy econo- my of operation unprecedented in the eight-cylinder type. “We feel like thanking you many times over for selling us our Hupmobile “8” Sedan. = We are taking our vacation and our car is a real pleasure. It is impossible to express the sensations one gets from driving it—only experience can tell it. We have noticed your advertisement that ‘50 is like 15, and we can appreciate what bile “8” is running higher and higher you mean.. 50 surely is like 15 in our every day. As the vacation time gets Hupmobile ‘8’ Sedan. : . HUPMOBIL EIGHI Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. = Home of the Certified Gold Seal Used Cars Champlain St. at Kalorama Road Columbi Owner enthusiasm about the Hupmo- THE CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY CLEVELAND David S. Hendrick Dealer - 1012 14¢h St. NW. Teuring Car (Formerly $2,165) Now $1,985 Readster. . . (Formerly $2,165) Now $1,985 Spert 4-Pass. Roadster (Formerly $2,265) Now .. .$2,085 Ceupe (2 or 4 Pase.), (Formerly $2,525) New .. veaee.$2,245. Sedan. . ...(Formerly $2,575) Now $2,385 Delivered and -:J‘f’::l‘i'! inclading tax s PLEASE NOTE juoting prices on Hupmobile Eights, we gi the iee you will pay, including freight, ta: necessary equipment, such as spare tire, fube front and rear bumpers “wheel ' brak tires, &c. Most companies Quote prices car at the factory, but you cannet buy any car that ST lows Tie ‘prioss we Guele Are year cost fof the ow. Drices wo or the equipped car st your door. Please bear this in mind when you comvare vrices.